Speakers

Diplomat and government administration worker specializing in European Affairs.
Completed his master’s in law at the University of Copenhagen. Since 1994 associated
with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he held positions in the Middle East and Northern
Africa Department, the European Policy Department and as Head of the Executive
Secretariat. In 2001, he became the European policy advisor at the Prime Minister’s
Office. Three times, he was posted at the Permanent Representation of Denmark to the
European Union in Brussels: in 1998 as the Secretary of Embassy, in 2004 as the
Counselor, and in 2013 as the Deputy Permanent Representative. In 2015 he was
appointed as the Under-Secretary for Resources and Operations at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. In 2017 he became the Director of Fisheries at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and later moved to the Ministry of Environment and Food. Awarded the Knight’s
Order of the Dannebrog.